A Capitol architect overseeing the work said the $350 million project is about seven or eight months from completion.

Around 2,000 supporters attended an anti-abortion rally and march at the Illinois state Capitol on March 25. Among the speakers were former Illinois state representative and gubernatorial candidate ...

Springfield's downtown was central to Carlos Ortega growing up here. Now he will oversee the Old Capitol Holiday Walks for the first time as executive director for Downtown Springfield, Inc. "It's the ...

Using a pencil-size tool, Megan Smith spent countless hours cutting glass for a stained glass skylight destined for the ceiling of the Senate chamber in the Illinois State Capitol building. Smith did ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar will be laid to rest this week. He died Sunday at the age of 79, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. On Friday, Governor Edgar will lie in-state ...

A Springfield man found guilty of breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was among the 1,500 or so people President Donald Trump pardoned shortly after his inauguration Monday. Thomas B. Adams Jr ...